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5% of the county is what these numbers show. If the entire county got to vote, results could have been much different.

You could be right, we'll never know for sure. What I do know is the people who early vote in what was essentially a single issue special election are people who are extremely motivated. Although the article didn't say, it's probably safe to assume that the early voting results are spread pretty evenly around the county so there's no real mental adjustment that can be made to the results on the assumption that Homestead voters might be less supportive of the issue and less motivated to vote than voters from Miami Gardens.

In other news the Florida Panthers were granted public money today for a new scoreboard. So public money for the Marlins and Panthers yet the Dolphins were denied.

Thats what happens when commissioners do whatever they want. This was broward county. Im sure that if Miami asked for 4 million that would be swung fairly easy though.http://www.fieldofschemes.com/

“We’ve put enough money into the building,” Yormark said. “We’re not in the position to buy one. If the scoreboard just collapses next year, which I’m sure it will, we just won’t have a scoreboard.”

This is, to my knowledge, the first time in recorded history that a sports team exec warned not that part of his building was in danger of falling down, not that he didn’t want to pay to fix it, but that it was literally in danger of imminent collapse and he was just going to stand by and watch it do so because why should he pay to fix it?

In other news the Florida Panthers were granted public money today for a new scoreboard. So public money for the Marlins and Panthers yet the Dolphins were denied.

That scoreboard cost $4.2 million. The Dolphins were looking for like $300 million.

So... yeah.

Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile,
And cry 'Content' to that which grieves my heart,
And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
And frame my face to all occasions.
I can add colours to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?

That scoreboard cost $4.2 million. The Dolphins were looking for like $300 million.

So... yeah.

Actually your math is incorrect. The entire project was around $350 million with the Dolphins paying just over 70% of the costs. So the Dolphins were looking for about $100 million which is 1/3 the amount you incorrectly posted. $100 million that the franchise would pay back within 30 years. Do you think the Panthers are going to pay back that $4.2 million? Probably not.

Actually your math is incorrect. The entire project was around $350 million with the Dolphins paying just over 70% of the costs. So the Dolphins were looking for about $100 million which is 1/3 the amount you incorrectly posted. $100 million that the franchise would pay back within 30 years. Do you think the Panthers are going to pay back that $4.2 million? Probably not.

Well in actuality the dolphins were asking for about 289 million from bed tax revenues and 90 million from sales tax rebates fo a grand total of 379 million.